Slaughter in Syria, chemical and otherwise, is horrific: PennLive letters

I understand the uproar over the use of “chemical weapons” by Assad in Syria. Seeing the pictures of those dying from the use of sarin gas was so painful to watch.

But, prior to their use more than 100,000 civilians were murdered by the government forces. Also almost two million citizens left the country and are in refugee camps, under horrible conditions. Are we saying, it is alright to to murder all you want, but you just can’t do it with chemical weapons?

This to me is so absurd. I was against going into Iraq and Afganistan, and we all now see that no good came out of it, and thousands of our military men and women and civilians were killed or maimed for life, and it cost our country billions. The so-called “red-line" against chemical warfare is total nonsense. The redline should be any killing of your own people, by any means.

In any case, we should not go into this now with the thought that it would be “limited.” I think the vast majority of American people know that it is a huge mistake. What is the real benefit now!